Engineering and Technology Journal

Effect of Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) Parameters on Materials Removal Rate for Low Carbon Steel

Document Type : Research Paper

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Production and Metallurgy Engineering Dept., University of Technology-Iraq, Alsina’a Street,10066 Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

Abrasive water jet (AWJ) is one of the most advanced and valuable non-traditional machining processes because of its massive advantages of removing metal from hard and soft metals. This paper has studied the effect of jet pressure, feed rate, and standoff distance on material removal rate throughout abrasive water jet cutting of carbon steel metal workpieces. The material removal rate was assessed using a precision balance device by performing sixteen experiments to identify the ratio of weight loss to total cutting time. The Taguchi method was introduced to implement the experiments and indicate the most influential process parameters on material removal rate. The experimental results showed that feed rate and pressure jet had the most effect on material removal rate. The best material removal rate value was 3.71 g/min at jet pressure 300 MPa, feed rate 30 mm/min, and standoff distance 4mm.

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  • The effect of jet pressure, feed rate, and standoff distance on material removal rate throughout abrasive water jet cutting of carbon steel metal workpieces were studied.
  • The experimental results showed that feed rate and pressure jet had the most effect on material removal rate.
  • The most influencing factors for getting a better material removal rate are pressure jet and feed rate.

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Engineering and Technology Journal
Volume 40, Issue 6
Production & Metallurgy Engineering
, 11 Articles
June 2022
Page 885-891
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